Rethinking Focus Groups as a Method for Authoritarianism Contexts: Methodological Challenges and Insights

• In Event: Multi-methods Research and Testing

Brief Overview

This paper explores how focus groups can be used to study sensitive political topics in authoritarian contexts, highlighting their methodological value and challenges through a review of existing studies and research on Chinese authoritarianism.

Authors

• SiLang Huang, University of Toronto

• Wenxi Yang, University of Toronto